Daily Zohar # 4832 – Acharei Mot – For the sake of His great Name

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Zohar Acharei Mot
Continued from previous DZ
#306
Rabbi Ḥizkiyah said: It is written: “כִּי לֹא יִטֹּשׁ ה’ אֶת עַמּוֹ בַּעֲבוּר שְׁמוֹ” “For Hashem will not abandon His people for the sake of His great Name…” (I Samuel 12:22) “For Hashem will not abandon His people”—what is the reason? It is “for the sake of His great Name” Because everything is bound together. And through what are Israel bound to the Holy One, Blessed be He? Through that holy imprint that is engraved upon their flesh. And because of this, “כִּי לֹא יִטֹּשׁ ה’ אֶת עַמּוֹ” “Hashem will not abandon His people.” Why? “בַּעֲבוּר שְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל” “For the sake of His great Name,”—which is inscribed within them.
#307
We have learned: The Torah is called “Brit” (Covenant), and the Holy One, Blessed be He, is called “Brit,” and this holy imprint—that is, the circumcision—is also called “Brit.” And therefore, everything is bound together, and none of them is separate from the other. Rabbi Yissa told him that the Torah and Israel are called “Brit”—that is beautiful and well understood. But how do we know that the Holy One, Blessed be He, is also called “Brit”? He replied: Because it is written: “וַיִּזְכֹּר לָהֶם בְּרִיתוֹ” “And He remembered His covenant (brit) for them” (Tehillim/Psalms 106:45), and it is already known that this refers to the Sefirah of Yessod. And we have already learned this.

Notes:
The sefirah of Yessod (יסוד), meaning “foundation,” plays a vital role in the structure of the Ten Sefirot in Kabbalah. It is the ninth sefirah, positioned just above Malchut, and functions as a spiritual channel or conduit that gathers the divine flow from the higher sefirot and transmits it into the world. Yessod represents connection, bonding, and transmission—the foundation upon which the entire structure rests, much like a funnel that directs all the upper influences into a focused point of contact.
Yessod is deeply associated with the concept of the Brit (Covenant), particularly Brit Milah, the covenant of circumcision. Yessod corresponds to the male reproductive organ in the human body, which is why it symbolizes the power of transmission of Life and continuity, both physically and spiritually. The Brit is the physical sign of this divine covenant, first given to Avraham Avinu as a mark of eternal connection between Hashem and his descendants (Genesis 17). From a Kabbalistic view, guarding the Brit Yessod—through moral purity, sacred speech, and restraint—is essential for maintaining the flow of divine abundance. When the Brit is guarded, the channel remains clear, allowing blessings, wisdom, and holiness to flow into one’s Life and into the world. Thus, Yessod is not just about physical reproduction but about being a faithful transmitter of spiritual light—from teacher to student, parent to child, soul to soul. The tzaddik is often called “Tzaddik Yessod Olam”—”the righteous one is the foundation of the world” (Proverbs 10:25)—because through guarding the covenant and embodying Yessod, the tzaddik serves as a living channel of divine presence in the world.

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